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Summary: SGT Bilko
Review: No, its not classy. No one uses sharp, flashy camera moves to wow the viewer. The plot line is neither deep nor inriching for the soul. Still, Sgt. Bilko is an incredibly funny movie that shows Steve Martin at his height of comedy. The story, which involves Steve Martin as a sargeant who uses his motor pool as a small casino for the soldiers on the base behind his superior's back, is outrageously funny and sends that viewer from beginning to end without becoming belabored. Bottom line: This is a great movie that cane be enjoyed by anyone!
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Summary: One of my Favorite movies!
Review: No, its not classy. No one uses sharp, flashy camera moves to wow the viewer. The plot line is neither deep nor inriching for the soul. Still, Sgt. Bilko is an incredibly funny movie that shows Steve Martin at his height of comedy. The story, which involves Steve Martin as a sargeant who uses his motor pool as a small casino for the soldiers on the base behind his superior's back, is outrageously funny and sends that viewer from beginning to end without becoming belabored. Bottom line: This is a great movie that cane be enjoyed by anyone!
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Summary: an ok movie
Review: Ok, so it isn't the greatest movie on earth. The dialouge is a little boring sometimes, and the characters could have been better. Still, an ok movie. At sometimes, I have to admit, Steve Martain had me laughing like crazy. And the drag scene is hilarious! Pretty good if you like Steve Martain comedies.
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Summary: stinkburger
Review: Sgt. Bilko, how do I rate thee?HUMOR:
On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being Carrot Top with food poisoning and 10 being on NO2, I rate Sgt. Bilko a 2; this movie was not funny, and I'd even killed a few beers. I wisely turned this S-bomb off halfway through (you can do with that what you will). ORIGINALITY:
On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being Dolly the cloned sheep and 10 being a snowflake, I rate Sgt. Bilko a 2; this movie was not funny OR original...call it a remake, a reimagining, or a rehash, it was tired, boring, and at times downright embarassing. STEVE MARTIN FACTOR:
On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being Sgt. Bilko and 10 being Dirty Rotten Scoundrals, I rate Sgt. Bilko an enthusiastic 1; this film takes the prize for the 'What the heck was Steve Martin doing in THIS movie?' awards. Even Steve Martin seemed bored by this material. OVERALL ENJOYMENT:
On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being a rat-tail to the privates and 10 being eating all the Cracklin' Oat Bran, I rate Sgt. Bilko a 1; being whipped in the privates with a twisted-up wet towel hurts like heck, but at least it's over quickly. Stay as far away from this movie as is humanly possible.
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Summary: SGT Bilko
Review: This movie only gets one star because that is the lowest score available.
I am a Steve Martin fan but this movie is the pits.
Did the producers or scriptwriters bother to watch the original series?Phil Silvers and his team were funny. This movie is not.
Phil Silvers was Sgt Bilko he showed timing, optimism, speed and a constant belief that he would always win out.
This movie lacked every one of these elements.
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Summary: really funny
Review: This movie was so funny. All my friends love the movie.Hooa
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Summary: Great for kids 8 - 14 or for silly adults
Review: Though based on the famous character in Phil Silver's famous oldie TV show, the new film "Sergeant Bilko" is less an homage to that show than it is to the classic Steve Martin of his 1970's days. Though this Bilko (again a shifty and tireless grifter of an army sergeant) is very much the opportunist as Phil Silvers' character was (he runs the base casino), as shy of risk as Silvers was (the unit's mobilization orders for Desert Storm mysteriously disappeared) and manages to get caught in his own dealings as Silvers had (prior to a prize fight that Bilko rigged, each boxer thinks he has to take the fall) the screwball zaniness is very much out of Steve Martin's SNL days. In the film, Bilko's unit has been charged with testing a brand new army weapon - a "hovertank" that is soon to be cancelled because, among other things, it simply doesn't work. That the hovertank's end will spell doom for his own cozy position doesn't seem to bother Bilko, mostly because the Sergeant lives day-to-day. When the officer charged with evaluating the hovertank turns out to be the fearsome Major Thorn (Phil Hartman), Bilko begins feeling pangs of fear. Years earlier, Bilko unwittingly made an enemy of Thorne, accidentally implicating the officer in one of Bilko's botched schemes. Now a major, Thorne isn't simply content enough to eliminate the Hovertank, but must now eliminate Bilko as well. They say that desperate times reveal the man, and Bilko is now revealed to be the spineless weasel his troops have come to love. Martin plays Bilko like a character from one of his old SNL skits. It's sort of fun to watch the guy work on material we haven't seen since his more sedate days playing less zany funnymen ("LA Story", "Roxanne") and more mature dramatic roles ("The Spanish Prisoner", "Grand Canyon" and that update of "Silas Marner"). It's light and breezy and you'll probably forget most of the gags, and the script under-uses most of the supporting cast (especially the now late-great Phil Hartman as Bilko's evil nemesis), but it's still worth a view.
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Summary: Steve Martin - as you haven't seen him since 1982!!!
Review: Though based on the famous character in Phil Silver's famous oldie TV show, the new film "Sergeant Bilko" is less an homage to that show than it is to the classic Steve Martin of his 1970's days. Though this Bilko (again a shifty and tireless grifter of an army sergeant) is very much the opportunist as Phil Silvers' character was (he runs the base casino), as shy of risk as Silvers was (the unit's mobilization orders for Desert Storm mysteriously disappeared) and manages to get caught in his own dealings as Silvers had (prior to a prize fight that Bilko rigged, each boxer thinks he has to take the fall) the screwball zaniness is very much out of Steve Martin's SNL days. In the film, Bilko's unit has been charged with testing a brand new army weapon - a "hovertank" that is soon to be cancelled because, among other things, it simply doesn't work. That the hovertank's end will spell doom for his own cozy position doesn't seem to bother Bilko, mostly because the Sergeant lives day-to-day. When the officer charged with evaluating the hovertank turns out to be the fearsome Major Thorn (Phil Hartman), Bilko begins feeling pangs of fear. Years earlier, Bilko unwittingly made an enemy of Thorne, accidentally implicating the officer in one of Bilko's botched schemes. Now a major, Thorne isn't simply content enough to eliminate the Hovertank, but must now eliminate Bilko as well. They say that desperate times reveal the man, and Bilko is now revealed to be the spineless weasel his troops have come to love. Martin plays Bilko like a character from one of his old SNL skits. It's sort of fun to watch the guy work on material we haven't seen since his more sedate days playing less zany funnymen ("LA Story", "Roxanne") and more mature dramatic roles ("The Spanish Prisoner", "Grand Canyon" and that update of "Silas Marner"). It's light and breezy and you'll probably forget most of the gags, and the script under-uses most of the supporting cast (especially the now late-great Phil Hartman as Bilko's evil nemesis), but it's still worth a view.
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Summary: Great for kids 8 - 14 or for silly adults
Review: Very entertaining, but don't expect this movie to be a comedy to appeal to all ages. I screened it for my 11 year old and I enjoyed it. He LOVED it. All the acting is great, particularly Hartman, Headley and Martin. Not the greatest or deepest movie, but extremely entertaining -- a great kids' movie. Overlooked for some reason but very worthwhile -- and no foul language, violence or nudity -- I didn't have to cover any of my kids' eyes or use the fast forward feature. Highly recommended.
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